Oded Tzur Quartet

Described by Downbeat Magazine as “A Volcano on the Ocean Floor“, Oded Tzur’s music is in pursuit of a hidden universal language. Based in New York, the Israeli-born saxophonist studies fundamental connections between ancient and modern musical traditions, a journey manifesting in a band that’s been dubbed “The Coltrane Quartet of the 21st Century“. An ECM Records artist, Tzur is set apart by his use of an original saxophone technique. First presented at Trinity College Of Music, London, and more recently at the Juilliard School in New York, this decade long project is the result of Tzur’s studies with India’s grandmaster of the Bansuri: Hariprasad Chaurasia. The way in which the Indian flute moves seamlessly from one pitch to another inspired the saxophonist to go beyond what was deemed possible on his instrument.